Joseph Casey (congressman)

Joseph Casey ( born December 17, 1814 Ringgold Manor, Washington County, Maryland, † February 10, 1879 in Washington DC) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives; later he became a federal judge.

Career

After studying law in Carlisle and his 1838 was admitted as a lawyer Joseph Casey began in Bloomfield (Pennsylvania) to work in this profession. Later he transferred his residence and his law firm to New Berlin. Politically, he was a member of the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1848, Casey was elected in the 13th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of James Pollock on March 4, 1849. Since he no longer took in 1850 for re-election, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1851. This was marked by the debate over slavery. During this period, the report submitted by Henry Clay Compromise of 1850 was passed.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph Casey practiced as a lawyer again. In 1856 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as a court spokesman (Reporter of the Decisions ); in May 1861 he was appointed by the new U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to a federal judgeship on the Court of Claims. From 1863 to 1870 he presided in this court. He then worked as an attorney in Washington again, where he died on February 10, 1879.